Legislative Committee

MAC continues to be the voice of justice and compassion in the halls of the State Capitol, speaking to legislators and the governor for the values we share of justice and compassion for those who are often without voice: children, death row prisoners, the mentally ill, the poor and homeless.

The Legislative Committee helps to organize MAC Day at the Legislature and recruit MAC members to walk the halls with us and speak with individual legislators on pending legislation. They work with the Montana Abolition Coalition on ending the death penalty in Montana. Committee members also monitor the work of Interim Committees which are charged with developing new legislation in response to statewide issues before the next legislative session.

Our Legislative Committee is comprised of several individuals who do the groundwork of tracking the legislative policies and bills as they emerge from Interim committees or are introduced in Session. Members are appointed by the Council, and are asked to serve for a minimum of 3 years, to ensure that they are active through at least one legislative session. The Committee seeks members who are passionate about social justice, are willing to be advocates at state policy levels, and who are broadly representative of different regions of the state, and of diverse faith traditions.